Tameike-sannō Station is served by the following two Tokyo Metro subway lines.

The station opened on September 30, 1997, as the southern terminus of the Namboku Line.

It is named after the nearby Tameike Crossing (which is itself named for a reservoir [tameike] which once covered the area) and the nearby Sanno Shrine (commonly known as the Hie Shrine).

The station facilities were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

[1] In fiscal 2019, this station and Kokkai-gijidō-mae combined[2] had an average of 150,922 passengers daily.